FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) Sniper | Chris Whitcomb | Ep. 231

The Team House

dee takos

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 261 minutes

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Whitcomb spent 15 years with the FBI as a special agent from 1987 to 2002 and worked on many high-profile cases. Whitcomb joined FBI Hostage Rescue Team after completing a rigorous two week specialized selection process and six month training course known as New Operator Training School" or "NOTS". Whitcomb was a participant at the Waco Siege, LA Riots, and Ruby Ridge. His final assignment with the FBI consisted of working with the Critical Incident Response Group. Whitcomb has worked extensively with foreign and domestic intelligence agencies in highly challenging environments, including Afghanistan, Kosovo, Israel, Somalia, Zambia and Timor-Leste. He has been awarded numerous citations and awards including the FBI's Medal of Bravery. He's also an author and analyst for multiple news media companies. Grab his books here:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Christopher-Whitcomb/author/B001IXUBVQ?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's sponsors: Augusta Precious Metals⬇️ https://www.augustapreciousmetals.com/ Learn why thousands of Americans are getting gold IRAs as part of their retirement portfolios. You need to contact Augusta Precious Metals and get their free guide! Text "TEAM" to 68592 or go to https://www.augustapreciousmetals.com/ PIA VPN⬇️ If you want to enjoy all the benefits of Private Internet Access, now's the time to subscribe. Head to https://PIAVPN.com/TEAMHOUSE and get an 83% discount! Seriously… 83%! That's just $2.03 a month, and you also get 4 extra months completely for free! But you MUST go to https://PIAVPN.com/TEAMHOUSE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -AD FREE AUDIO -AD FREE VIDEO -Access to ALL bonus segments with our guests Subscribe to our Patreon! ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse Or make a one time donation at: https://ko-fi.com/theteamhouse Team House merch: ⬇️ https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Social Media: ⬇️ The Team House Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.team.house?utm_medium=copy_link The Team House Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTeamHousePod Jack’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackmcmurph?utm_medium=copy_link Jack’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr?s=21 Dave’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_parke?s=21 Team House Discord: ⬇️ https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: ⬇️ https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Journey-Investigative-Journalist/dp/1501191241 The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links):⬇️ https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team-room-reading-room/ Intro music by https://www.youtube.com/user/RemixSample Want to sponsor the show? Email: ⬇️ [email protected] #fbihrt #sniper

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0:00.0	Special Operations.
0:07.0	Covert Ox, Espionage, The Team House, with your host Jack Murphy and David Park.
0:17.0	Hey guys, welcome to episode 231 of the team house.
0:27.0	I'm Jack Murphy here with David Park and we're really happy tonight to have in
0:31.2	studio with us Christopher Whit, Chris served in the FBI
0:35.4	as a special agent as a member of the hostage rescue team,
0:38.5	HRT, involved in all sorts of national level operations
0:43.2	and then went on to have a very interesting career outside of the FBI as well.
0:48.5	He actually retired on 9-11, on September 11th.
0:52.1	So it's a very interesting period of time that you kind of cross
0:55.2	paths and as I was telling you before the show, your book came out like right after 9-11,
1:01.3	cold zero, your memoir,
1:03.6	and I read it as a senior in high school.
1:06.2	Like, and I loved it.
1:07.4	I thought it was so awesome.
1:09.0	And so you've been on my radar for a very long time and I'm glad we could like make this happen all these years later
1:16.0	There's still parts of your book that kind of like resonate in the back of my mind from you know now 20 years ago
1:21.6	Yeah, I mean it's so long ago,
1:24.6	I always say I forget the lead character's name.
1:26.9	And which is true, but I think history is important
1:30.1	in the world that you guys document on the show.
1:32.4	And I got to start out by saying,
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